US10879473B2 - Organic electronic device - Google Patents

Organic electronic device Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US10879473B2
US10879473B2 US14/895,964 US201414895964A US10879473B2 US 10879473 B2 US10879473 B2 US 10879473B2 US 201414895964 A US201414895964 A US 201414895964A US 10879473 B2 US10879473 B2 US 10879473B2
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
organic
layer
electronic device
electrode
compound
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Active, expires
Application number
US14/895,964
Other languages
English (en)
Other versions
US20160118603A1 (en
Inventor
Francois Cardinali
Omrane Fadhel
Mike Zöllner
Carsten Rothe
Mauro Furno
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
NovaLED GmbH
Original Assignee
NovaLED GmbH
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by NovaLED GmbH filed Critical NovaLED GmbH
Assigned to NOVALED GMBH reassignment NOVALED GMBH ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: FADHEL, OMRANE, ROTHE, CARSTEN, Zöllner, Mike, CARDINALI, Francois, FURNO, MAURO
Publication of US20160118603A1 publication Critical patent/US20160118603A1/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US10879473B2 publication Critical patent/US10879473B2/en
Active legal-status Critical Current
Adjusted expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Images

Classifications

    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07FACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM
    • C07F9/00Compounds containing elements of Groups 5 or 15 of the Periodic Table
    • C07F9/02Phosphorus compounds
    • C07F9/547Heterocyclic compounds, e.g. containing phosphorus as a ring hetero atom
    • C07F9/553Heterocyclic compounds, e.g. containing phosphorus as a ring hetero atom having one nitrogen atom as the only ring hetero atom
    • C07F9/576Six-membered rings
    • C07F9/58Pyridine rings
    • H01L51/0077
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10KORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES
    • H10K85/00Organic materials used in the body or electrodes of devices covered by this subclass
    • H10K85/30Coordination compounds
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07FACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM
    • C07F9/00Compounds containing elements of Groups 5 or 15 of the Periodic Table
    • C07F9/02Phosphorus compounds
    • C07F9/547Heterocyclic compounds, e.g. containing phosphorus as a ring hetero atom
    • C07F9/553Heterocyclic compounds, e.g. containing phosphorus as a ring hetero atom having one nitrogen atom as the only ring hetero atom
    • C07F9/576Six-membered rings
    • C07F9/60Quinoline or hydrogenated quinoline ring systems
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07FACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM
    • C07F9/00Compounds containing elements of Groups 5 or 15 of the Periodic Table
    • C07F9/02Phosphorus compounds
    • C07F9/547Heterocyclic compounds, e.g. containing phosphorus as a ring hetero atom
    • C07F9/553Heterocyclic compounds, e.g. containing phosphorus as a ring hetero atom having one nitrogen atom as the only ring hetero atom
    • C07F9/576Six-membered rings
    • C07F9/64Acridine or hydrogenated acridine ring systems
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C09DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09KMATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • C09K11/00Luminescent, e.g. electroluminescent, chemiluminescent materials
    • C09K11/06Luminescent, e.g. electroluminescent, chemiluminescent materials containing organic luminescent materials
    • H01L51/0058
    • H01L51/0072
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10KORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES
    • H10K85/00Organic materials used in the body or electrodes of devices covered by this subclass
    • H10K85/60Organic compounds having low molecular weight
    • H10K85/615Polycyclic condensed aromatic hydrocarbons, e.g. anthracene
    • H10K85/626Polycyclic condensed aromatic hydrocarbons, e.g. anthracene containing more than one polycyclic condensed aromatic rings, e.g. bis-anthracene
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10KORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES
    • H10K85/00Organic materials used in the body or electrodes of devices covered by this subclass
    • H10K85/60Organic compounds having low molecular weight
    • H10K85/649Aromatic compounds comprising a hetero atom
    • H10K85/657Polycyclic condensed heteroaromatic hydrocarbons
    • H10K85/6572Polycyclic condensed heteroaromatic hydrocarbons comprising only nitrogen in the heteroaromatic polycondensed ring system, e.g. phenanthroline or carbazole
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C09DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09KMATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • C09K2211/00Chemical nature of organic luminescent or tenebrescent compounds
    • C09K2211/10Non-macromolecular compounds
    • C09K2211/1003Carbocyclic compounds
    • C09K2211/1007Non-condensed systems
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C09DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09KMATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • C09K2211/00Chemical nature of organic luminescent or tenebrescent compounds
    • C09K2211/10Non-macromolecular compounds
    • C09K2211/1003Carbocyclic compounds
    • C09K2211/1014Carbocyclic compounds bridged by heteroatoms, e.g. N, P, Si or B
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C09DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09KMATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • C09K2211/00Chemical nature of organic luminescent or tenebrescent compounds
    • C09K2211/10Non-macromolecular compounds
    • C09K2211/1018Heterocyclic compounds
    • C09K2211/1025Heterocyclic compounds characterised by ligands
    • C09K2211/1029Heterocyclic compounds characterised by ligands containing one nitrogen atom as the heteroatom
    • H01L51/5076
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10KORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES
    • H10K50/00Organic light-emitting devices
    • H10K50/10OLEDs or polymer light-emitting diodes [PLED]
    • H10K50/14Carrier transporting layers
    • H10K50/16Electron transporting layers
    • H10K50/165Electron transporting layers comprising dopants
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50Photovoltaic [PV] energy
    • Y02E10/549Organic PV cells

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to an organic electronic device, to a specific compound for use in such an organic electronic device and to a semiconducting material comprising the inventive compound.
  • Organic semiconductors can be used to fabricate simple electronic components, e.g. resistors, diodes, field effect transistors, and also optoelectronic components like organic light emitting devices, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED).
  • OLED organic light emitting diodes
  • OLEDs are based on the principle of electroluminescence in which electron-hole pairs, so-called excitons, recombine under the emission of light.
  • the OLED is constructed in the form of a sandwich structure wherein at least one organic film is arranged as active material between two electrodes, positive and negative charge carriers are injected into the organic material by an external voltage applied on the electrodes, and the subsequent charge transport brings holes and electrons to a recombination zone in the organic layer (light emitting layer, LEL), where a recombination of the oppositely charged charge carriers to singlet and/or triplet excitons occurs.
  • LEL light emitting layer
  • a transparent electrode consists of conductive oxides designated as TCOs (transparent conductive oxides).
  • TCOs transparent conductive oxides
  • a very thin metal electrode can be used.
  • the starting point in the manufacture of an OLED is a substrate on which the individual layers of the OLED are applied. If the electrode nearest to the substrate is transparent, the component is designated as a “bottom-emitting OLED”. If the other electrode is designed to be transparent, the component is designated as a “top-emitting OLED”.
  • the layers of the OLEDs can comprise small molecules, polymers, or be hybrid.
  • Operational parameters of OLEDs are being constantly improved to enhance the overall power efficiency.
  • One important parameter is the operation voltage which can be tuned by improving the transport of charge carriers and/or reducing energy barriers such as the injection barriers from the electrodes.
  • Another important figure is the quantum efficiency, and also very relevant is the lifetime of the device.
  • Other organic devices, such as organic solar cells also require improving in efficiency, which nowadays, are at best at about 10%.
  • an organic solar cell has a stack of organic layers between two electrodes.
  • a solar cell there must be at least one organic layer responsible for the absorption of light and a interface which separates the excitons created by the absorption (photo-active).
  • the interface can be a bi-layer heterojunction, a bulk-heterojunction, or can comprise more layers, e.g., in a step wise interface.
  • sensitizing layers and others can be provided.
  • a good charge carrier transport is required, in some device structures the transport regions must not absorb light, therefore transport layers and photo-active layers may comprise different materials. Also charge carrier and/or exciton blocking layers may be employed.
  • transistors do not require doping of the entire semiconducting (channel) layer, because the concentration of available charge carriers is determined by an electric field supplied by a third electrode (gate electrode).
  • gate electrode third electrode
  • OTFTs convention organic thin film transistors
  • OTFTs require very high voltages to operate. There is a need to lower this operating voltage; such an optimization can be done, e.g. with appropriate injection layers.
  • Organic transistors are also called organic field-effect transistors. It is anticipated that a large number of OTFTs can be used for example in inexpensive integrated circuits for non-contact identification tags (RFID) but also for screen control. In order to achieve inexpensive applications, generally thin-layer processes are required to manufacture the transistors. In recent years, performance features have been improved to such an extent that the commercialization of organic transistors is foreseeable. For example, high field-effect mobilities of up to 5.5 cm 2 /Vs for holes have been reported in OTFTs utilizing pentacene (Lee et al., Appl. Lett. 88, 162109 (2006)).
  • a typical organic field-effect transistor comprises an active layer of organic semiconducting material (semiconducting layer) which during the operation forms an electrical conduction channel, a drain electrode and a source electrode which exchange electrical charges with the semiconducting layer, and a gate electrode which is electrically isolated from the semiconducting layer by an dielectric layer.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 7,074,500 discloses a component structure for an OLED which leads to a greatly improved charge carrier injection from the electrodes into the organic layers.
  • This effect is based on considerable band bending of the energy levels in the organic layer at the interface to the electrodes, as a result of which injection of charge carriers on the basis of a tunnel mechanism is possible.
  • the high conductivity of the doped layers also decreases the voltage drop which occurs there during operation of the OLED.
  • the injection barriers which may occur in OLEDs between the electrodes and the charge carrier transport layers are one of the main causes for an increase in the operating voltage compared to the thermodynamically justified minimum operating voltages.
  • cathode materials with a low work function, for example metals such as calcium or barium.
  • these materials are highly reactive, difficult to process and are only suitable to a limited extent as electrode materials.
  • any reduction in operating voltage brought about by using such cathodes is only partial.
  • Metals having low work function in particular alkali metals such as Li and Cs, are often used either as the cathode material or the injection layer to promote electron injection. They have also widely been used as electrical dopants in order to increase the conductivity of the ETM, see e.g. U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,013,384, 6,589,673. Metals like Li or Cs provide a high conductivity in matrixes which are difficult to dope otherwise (e.g. BPhen, Alq3).
  • the use of low work function metals has several disadvantages. It is well known that the metals can easily diffuse through the semiconductor, eventually arriving at the optically active layer and quenching the excitons, thereby lowering the efficiency of the device and the lifetime. Another disadvantage is their high susceptibility to oxidation upon exposure to air. Therefore, devices using such metals as dopants, injection or cathode material require rigorous exclusion of air during production and rigorous encapsulation afterwards. Another well-known disadvantage is that higher doping concentration of the dopant exceeding 10 mol. % may increase the undesired absorption of light in the doped charge transport layers. Yet another problem is high volatility of many simple redox dopants like Cs, leading to cross-contamination in the device assembling process making their use in device fabrication tools difficult.
  • LiQ lithium quinolate
  • Another object of the invention is a compound enabling the organic electronic devices with improved performance.
  • a third object of the invention is a semiconducting material comprising the inventive compound.
  • the first object is achieved by an organic electronic device, comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a substantially organic layer comprising a compound according to formula (I) between the first and the second electrode:
  • a 1 is a C 6 -C 30 arylene or C 2 -C 30 heteroarylene comprising at least one atom selected from O, S and N in an aromatic ring and each of A 2 and A 3 is independently selected from a C 6 -C 30 aryl and C 2 -C 30 heteroaryl comprising at least one atom selected from O, S and N in an aromatic ring and wherein either
  • the aryl, heteroaryl, arylene or heteroarylene may be unsubstituted or substituted with groups comprising C and H or with a further LiO group. It is supposed that the given C count in an aryl, heteroaryl, arylene or arylene group includes also all substituents present on the said group.
  • substituted or unsubstituted arylene or heteroarylene stands for a divalent radical derived from substituted or unsubstituted arene or heteroarene, wherein the both structural moieties adjacent in formula (I) to A 1 (the OLi group and the POA 2 A 3 group) are attached directly to an aromatic ring of the arylene or heteroarylene group.
  • simple arylenes are o-, m- and p-phenylene; polycyclic arylenes may have their adjacent groups attached either on the same aromatic ring or on two different aromatic rings.
  • All (hetero)arylenes having the substituents OLi and POA 2 A 3 attached to the opposite sides of a rigid arene structure so that the bonds to these substituents are parallel, are defined as p-(hetero)arylenes, whereas in m-(hetero)arylenes, there is at least one atom between the C atoms to which OLi and POA 2 A 3 are attached and the angle between the bonds attaching the OLi and the POA 2 A 3 moieties is different from 180° (in the rigid aromatic structures) or variable, e.g. in (hetero)arylenes consisting of two or more rigid (hetero)arylene substructures bound together by single bonds.
  • Examples of generalized p-(hetero)arylenes are naphthalene-1,4-diyl, naphthalene-1,5-diyl, naphthalene-2,6-diyl, 1,1′-biphenyl-4,4′-diyl, pyridine-2,5-diyl, quinoline-2,6-diyl, quinoline-3,7-diyl, quinoline-4,8-diyl, quinoline-5,8-diyl.
  • Examples of generalized m-(hetero)arylenes are naphthalene-1,3-diyl, naphthalene-1,6-diyl, naphthalene-1,7-diyl, naphthalene-1,8-diyl, naphthalene-2,7-diyl, 1,1′-biphenyl-3,4′-diyl, 1,1′-biphenyl-2,4′-diyl, 1,1′-biphenyl-2,4′-diyl, 1,1′-biphenyl-2,3′-diyl, 1,1′-biphenyl-3,3′-diyl, 1,1′-biphenyl-2,2′-diyl, pyridine-2,6-diyl, pyridine-2,4-diyl, pyridine-3,5-diyl, quinoline-2,8-diyl,
  • a 1 is C 6 -C 12 arylene or C 2 -C 12 heteroarylene. Even preferably, each of A 2 -A 3 is independently selected from a C 6 -C 10 aryl or C 2 -C 12 heteroaryl. More preferably, both A 2 and A 3 are independently selected from phenyl and pyridyl. Most preferably, A 1 is phenylene or pyridine-diyl.
  • the substantially organic layer comprises an electron transport matrix compound.
  • the electron transport matrix comprises an imidazole or a P ⁇ O functional group.
  • the compound according to formula (I) and the electron transport matrix compound are preferably present in the substantially organic layer in the form of a homogeneous mixture.
  • the organic electronic device may be selected from an organic light emitting diode, organic solar cell and organic field effect transistor.
  • the device is an organic light emitting diode with the first electrode being an anode, the second electrode being a cathode, and the device further comprising a light emitting layer between the anode and the cathode and wherein the substantially organic layer is comprised between the cathode and the LEL.
  • the LEL of the organic electronic device comprises a light emitting polymer.
  • a 1 is a C 6 -C 30 arylene or C 2 -C 30 heteroarylene comprising at least one atom selected from O, S and N in an aromatic ring and each of A 2 and A 3 is independently selected from a C 6 -C 30 aryl and C 2 -C 30 heteroaryl comprising at least one atom selected from O, S and N in an aromatic ring and wherein either
  • the aryl, heteroaryl, arylene or heteroarylene may be unsubstituted or substituted with groups comprising C and H or with a further LiO group. It is supposed that the given C count in an aryl, heteroaryl, arylene or arylene group includes also all substituents present on the said group.
  • a 1 is C 6 -C 12 arylene or C 2 -C 12 heteroarylene. Even preferably, each of A 2 -A 3 is independently selected from a C 6 -C 10 aryl or C 2 -C 12 heteroaryl. More preferably, both A 2 and A 3 are independently selected from phenyl and pyridyl. Most preferably, A 1 is phenylene or pyridine-diyl.
  • Preferred use of the compound according to formula (I) in an organic electronic device is as an electrical dopant in and/or adjacent an electron transport layer of the device.
  • the third object of the present invention is achieved by an electrically doped semiconducting material comprising at least one electron transport matrix compound and at least one compound according to formula (I).
  • the compound according to formula (I) is used in transport and/or injection layers, more preferably in an electron transport layer and/or electron injection layer, most preferably in the form of the electrically doped semiconducting material according to the invention.
  • the chemical compounds according to formula (I) are air-stable and capable to be evaporated without decomposition. They are also soluble in a variety of solvents. This makes the compounds according to formula (I) particularly easy to use in manufacturing processes.
  • the inventive organic electronic device preferably comprises a layered structure including a substrate, an anode and a cathode, the at least one substantially organic layer being disposed within the layered structure between the anode and the cathode.
  • the substantially organic layer may further comprise an electron transport matrix compound.
  • the electron transport matrix compound and compound according to formula (I) form a homogeneous mixture.
  • Compound (I) constitutes preferably 10 weight % or more of the substantially organic layer. More preferred is 40 wt. % or more.
  • the electron transport matrix is the main component of the layer.
  • fullerenes such as for example C 60
  • oxadiazole derivatives such as for example 2-(4-biphenyl)-5-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole
  • quinoline-based compounds such as for example bis(phenylquinoxalines)
  • oligothiophenes perylene derivatives, such as e.g. perylenetetracarboxylic acid dianhydride, naphthalene derivatives such as e.g. naphthalenetetracarboxylic acid dianhydride, or other similar compounds known as matrices in electron transport materials.
  • the electron transport material comprises a phosphine oxide or imidazole functional groups.
  • Compounds well suitable as electron transport materials are compounds from:
  • Other suitable compounds are 7-(4′-(1-phenyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4-yl)dibenzo[c,h]acridine, (3-(dibenzo[c,h]acridin-7-yl)phenyl)diphenylphosphine oxide (assigned A1 in examples of the present application), (4-(dibenzo[c,h]acridin-7-yl)phenyl)diphenylphosphine oxide (assigned A2 in examples of the present application), 7-(4-(1-phenyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)phenyl)dibenzo[c,h]acridine.
  • Suitable hole transport materials can be, for instance, HTM from the diamine class, where a conjugated system is provided at least between the two diamine nitrogens.
  • HTM N4,N4′-di(naphthalen-1-yl)-N4,N4′-diphenyl-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4,4′-diamine (HTM1), N4,N4,N4′′,N4′′-tetra([1,1′-biphenyl]-4-yl)-[1,1′:4′,1′′-terphenyl]-4,4′′-diamine (HTM2), N4,N4′′-di(naphthalen-1-yl)-N4,N4′′-diphenyl-[1,1′:4′,1′′-terphenyl]-4,4′′-diamine (HTM3),
  • HTM3 The synthesis of diamines is well described in literature; many diamine HTMs are readily commercially available.
  • matrix materials may also be used in a mixture with one another or with other materials in the context of the invention. It will be understood that use may also be made of suitable other organic matrix materials which have semiconductive properties.
  • the substantially organic layer is present in a pn junction, the pn junction having at least two layers, namely a p- and n-layer, and optionally an interlayer i in between, wherein the interlayer i and/or the n-layer is (are) the substantially organic semiconducting layer.
  • the organic electronic device may additionally comprise a polymer semiconducting layer.
  • the organic electronic device is a solar cell or a light emitting diode.
  • the organic electronic device may be also a field effect transistor comprising a semiconducting channel, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, the substantially organic layer being provided in between the semiconducting channel and at least one of the source electrode and the drain electrode.
  • the substantially organic layer comprising the chemical compound according to formula (I) is an electron injection layer and/or an electron transport layer.
  • any layers of the inventive organic electronic device, especially the substantially organic layer can be deposited by known techniques, such as vacuum thermal evaporation (VTE), organic vapour phase deposition, laser induced thermal transfer, spin coating, blade or slit coating, inkjet printing, etc.
  • VTE vacuum thermal evaporation
  • a preferred method for preparing the organic electronic device according to the invention is vacuum thermal evaporation.
  • the inventive organic electronic device overcomes disadvantages of prior art devices and has in particular an improved performance compared to electronic devices of the prior art, for example with regard to efficiency.
  • the substantially organic layer having the compound according to formula (I) as its main component, is adjacent to a cathode, preferably between a cathode and one of an ETL (electron transporting layer) or HBL (hole blocking layer).
  • ETL electron transporting layer
  • HBL hole blocking layer
  • the present invention has the advantages that, especially for non-inverted structures, the simplest form is also the one with a significantly improved performance compared to the structure not using an injection layer.
  • the compound according to formula (I) can be used as a pure layer and is then preferably the only layer between an electron transporting layer (ETL or HBL) and the cathode.
  • EML electron transporting layer
  • the ETL and the EML are layers of different composition, preferably of a different matrix.
  • Such a pure layer as injection layer in organic electronic devices has a preferable thickness between 0.5 nm and 5 nm.
  • the thickness of the layer comprising the compound according to formula (I) is the nominal thickness, such thickness is usually calculated from the mass deposited on a certain area by the knowledge of the material's density. For example, with vacuum thermal evaporation VTE, the nominal thickness is the value indicated by the thickness monitor equipment. In reality, since the layer is not homogeneous and not flat at least at one interface, its final thickness is difficult to measure, in this case, the average value can be used.
  • the cathode in this regard is a conductive layer having optionally any surface modifications to modify its electrical properties, e.g. to improve its work-function or conductivity. Preferably, the cathode is a double layer, more preferably it is a single layer to avoid complexity.
  • the organic layer is an electron transport layer adjacent to the cathode and comprising the compound according to formula (I). If the ETL is directly adjacent to the cathode, this simplification has the advantage that no additional injection layer is required.
  • an additional injection layer can be provided between the ETL and the cathode. This additional layer can be a layer having the chemical compound according to formula (I) as its main component, as already illustrated above.
  • the ETL is beneath the cathode (no other layer in between) wherein the cathode is the top electrode, which is formed after forming the ETL (non-inverted structure).
  • the LEL (light emitting layer) and ETL matrix can be the same if the emission zone is far from the cathode.
  • the ETL and the LEL are layers of different composition, preferably of a different matrix.
  • the substantially organic layer comprising the chemical compound according to formula (I) is used in combination with a polymer semiconductor, preferably between a cathode and a polymer layer, wherein the polymer layer preferably comprises the optoelectronic active region of the device (emitting region of an OLED or the absorbing region of a solar cell).
  • a polymer semiconductor preferably between a cathode and a polymer layer
  • the polymer layer preferably comprises the optoelectronic active region of the device (emitting region of an OLED or the absorbing region of a solar cell).
  • All alternatives of layers comprising the chemical compound according to formula (I) or being composed thereof can be used in combination with that polymer layer.
  • Exemplary alternative layers can be an injection layer being composed of the chemical compound according to formula (I), an injection layer comprising the chemical compound and a metal, an electron transport layer having the chemical compound with or without a metal. The electronic interface to the cathode is then strongly improved given the high electron injection capability of the chemical compound (I
  • the invention can be used as an alternative to conventional redox doping of organic semiconducting layers.
  • redox doping it is meant specific case of electrical doping using strong oxidizing or reducing agents as explained above. This doping can also be called charge transfer doping. It is known that the redox doping increases the density of charge carriers of a semiconducting matrix towards the charge carrier density of the undoped matrix.
  • An electrically doped semiconductor layer may also have an increased effective mobility in comparison with the undoped semiconductor matrix.
  • US2008227979 discloses in detail the doping of organic transport materials, also called matrix, with inorganic and with organic dopants. Basically, an effective electronic transfer occurs from the dopant to the matrix increasing the Fermi level of the matrix.
  • the LUMO energy level of the dopant is preferably more negative than the HOMO energy level of the matrix or at least slightly more positive, not more than 0.5 eV, to the HOMO energy level of the matrix.
  • the HOMO energy level of the dopant is preferably more positive than the LUMO energy level of the matrix or at least slightly more negative, not lower than 0.5 eV, to the LUMO energy level of the matrix. It is further more desired that the energy level difference for energy transfer from dopant to matrix is smaller than +0.3 eV.
  • One of the preferred modes of the invention is an OLED with the hole transporting side of OLED comprising a p-dopant and the electron transporting side comprising the material according to Formula (I).
  • OLED with the hole transporting side of OLED comprising a p-dopant and the electron transporting side comprising the material according to Formula (I).
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a first embodiment of an inventive organic electronic device
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a second embodiment of an inventive organic electronic device
  • FIG. 3 shows a third embodiment of an inventive organic electronic device.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 show current-voltage and current-efficiency curves of an inventive device comprising compound D1 in comparison with devices comprising previous art compounds C2 and C3, all in the matrix A1.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 show current-voltage and current-efficiency curves of an inventive device comprising compound D1 in comparison with a device comprising previous art compound C2, both in the matrix A2.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 show current-voltage and current-efficiency curves of an inventive device comprising compound D1 in comparison with a device comprising previous art compound C3, both in the matrix A3.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a first embodiment of an inventive organic electronic device in the form of a stack of layers forming an OLED or a solar cell.
  • 10 is a substrate
  • 11 is an anode
  • 12 is an EML or an absorbing layer
  • 13 is a EIL (electron injection layer)
  • 14 is a cathode.
  • the layer 13 can be a pure layer of a compound according to formula (I). At least one of the anode and cathode is at least semi-transparent. Inverted structures are also foreseen (not illustrated), wherein the cathode is on the substrate (cathode closer to the substrate than the anode and the order of the layers 11 - 14 is reversed).
  • the stack may comprise additional layers, such as ETL, HTL, etc.
  • FIG. 2 represents a second embodiment of the inventive organic electronic device in the form of a stack of layers forming an OLED or a solar cell.
  • 20 is a substrate
  • 21 is an anode
  • 22 is an EML or an absorbing layer
  • 23 is an ETL
  • 24 is a cathode.
  • the layer 23 comprises an electron transport matrix material and a compound according to formula (I).
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a third embodiment of the inventive device in the form of an OTFT, with semi-conductor layer 32 , a source electrode 34 and a drain electrode 35 .
  • An unpatterned (unpatterned between the source and drain electrodes) injection layer 33 provides charge carrier injection and extraction between the source-drain electrodes and semi-conducting layer.
  • OTFT also comprises a gate insulator 31 (which could be on the same side as the source drain electrodes) and a gate electrode 30 , which gate electrode 30 is on the side of the layer 31 which is not in contact with the layer 32 . Obviously, the whole stack could be inverted.
  • a substrate may also be provided.
  • insulator layer 31 may be the substrate.
  • A1 is described in the application PCT/EP2012/004961 (WO2013/079217, page 51-52), A2 is described in the application WO2011/154131 (Examples 4 and 6), A3 (CAS number 561064-11-7) is commercially available.
  • reaction solvents tetrahydrofurane (THF), acetonitrile (AcN) and dichloromethane (DCM) were dried by a solvent purification system (SPS).
  • 2-fluoropyridine 2.50 g, 1.0 eq, 25.8 mmol potassium diphenylphosphide 51.5 mL, 1.0 eq, 25.8 mmol THF 50 mL DCM 80 mL hydrogen peroxide 25 mL hexane 20 mL
  • Fluoropyridine was dissolved in dry THF.
  • the potassium diphenylphosphide solution was added drop wise during one hour at room temperature.
  • the resulting orange solution was stirred overnight at room temperature.
  • the solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue dissolved in dichloromethane.
  • Hydrogen peroxide was added slowly at 0° C.
  • the mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature.
  • the solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue treated with hexane.
  • the resulting solid was filtered off, washed with hexane and dried in vacuum.
  • diphenyl(pyridin-2-yl)phosphine oxide 2.0 g, 1.0 eq., 7.2 mmol 2-isopropoxy-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2- 4.35 mL, 3.0 eq., 21.5 mmol dioxaborolane Lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) 9.56 mL, 2.0 eq., 14.3 mmol THF 50 mL Chloroform 50 mL Hydrogen peroxide 10 mL DCM 15 mL
  • the starting material was dissolved in dry THF and cooled to ⁇ 78° C.
  • the borolane was added and the mixture stirred for 20 min.
  • the LDA solution was added drop wise and the temperature was allowed to rise slowly to room temperature.
  • the reaction was stirred for 3 days at room temperature.
  • the solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue was dissolved in chloroform.
  • Hydrogen peroxide was added slowly at 0° C. and the mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature.
  • the mixture was extracted with chloroform and brine.
  • the organic phase was dried over magnesium sulphate and the solvent removed under reduced pressure.
  • the residue was dissolved in DCM and precipitated with hexane. The solid was filtered off, washed with hexane and dried in vacuum.
  • Step 3 lithium 2-(diphenylphosphoryl)pyridin-3-olate (1)
  • the starting material was suspended in dry acetonitrile.
  • the lithium tert-butoxide was added at room temperature and the mixture was heated at reflux for 13 hours.
  • the solid was filtered off, washed with acetonitrile and dried in vacuum.
  • Step 1 synthesis of quinolin-8-yl diphenylphosphinate
  • Step 2 synthesis of lithium 7-(diphenylphosphoryl)quinolin-8-olate (2)
  • Step 1 synthesis of diphenyl(quinolin-2-yl)phosphine oxide
  • Step 2 synthesis of (3-hydroxyquinolin-2-yl)diphenylphosphine oxide
  • Step 3 synthesis of lithium 2-(diphenylphosphoryl)quinolin-3-olate (3)
  • Step 1 synthesis of diphenyl(pyridin-3-yl)phosphine oxide
  • Step 2 synthesis of (2-hydroxypyridin-3-yl)diphenylphosphine oxide
  • the suspension was treated by 10 mL 30 wt. % aqueous hydrogen peroxide over 24 h. After washing twice with 30 mL brine and three times with 30 mL distilled water, the organic phase was dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated. The residue was slurry washed with 50 mL hexane. Obtained 3.8 g (72% yield) of a pale yellow solid. Used without further purification.
  • Step 3 synthesis of lithium 3-(diphenylphosphoryl)pyridin-2-olate (4)
  • Lithium 2-(diphenylphosphoryl)phenolate (C2) described in an earlier application PCT/EP/2012/074127, and the well-known lithium 8-hydroxyquinolinolate (LiQ, C3) were used as comparative electrical n-dopants; lithium 2-(diphenylphosphoryl)pyridin-3-olate (1), referred to as D1, lithium 2-(diphenylphosphoryl)quinolin-3-olate (3), referred to as D5, and lithium 3-(diphenylphosphoryl)pyridin-2-olate (4), referred to as D6, were used as inventive n-dopants.
  • a blue emitting device was made on a commercially available glass substrate with deposited indium tin oxide (ITO) 90 nm thick layer as an anode.
  • ITO indium tin oxide
  • a blue fluorescent emitting layer of ABH113 (Sun Fine Chemicals) doped with NUBD370 (Sun Fine Chemicals) as an emitter (matrix dopant ratio of 97:3 wt. %) was deposited with a thickness of 20 nm.
  • a 36 nm thick ETL having a composition given in the Table 1 was deposited on the emitting layer.
  • a 1 nm thick layer of lithium quinolate (LiQ) followed the ETL, followed by 100 nm thick aluminium layer as a cathode.
  • Inventive devices comprising compounds of formula (I) as ETL additives perform better than devices using known LiQ (C3) and at least equally well as devices comprising compound C2 with a similar structure without a heteroatom.
  • Inventive compounds of formula (I) thus significantly broaden the offer of additives for improving electron transport and/or electron injection in organic electronic devices and allow further improving and optimizing performance of organic electronic devices beyond limits known in the art.

Landscapes

  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Biochemistry (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Molecular Biology (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Spectroscopy & Molecular Physics (AREA)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Electroluminescent Light Sources (AREA)
  • Thin Film Transistor (AREA)
  • Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)
  • Nitrogen Condensed Heterocyclic Rings (AREA)
US14/895,964 2013-06-06 2014-06-06 Organic electronic device Active 2035-03-15 US10879473B2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP13170862.0A EP2811000B1 (en) 2013-06-06 2013-06-06 Organic electronic device
EP13170862.0 2013-06-06
EP13170862 2013-06-06
PCT/EP2014/061883 WO2014195482A2 (en) 2013-06-06 2014-06-06 Organic electronic device

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
US20160118603A1 US20160118603A1 (en) 2016-04-28
US10879473B2 true US10879473B2 (en) 2020-12-29

Family

ID=48576307

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US14/895,964 Active 2035-03-15 US10879473B2 (en) 2013-06-06 2014-06-06 Organic electronic device

Country Status (6)

Country Link
US (1) US10879473B2 (zh)
EP (1) EP2811000B1 (zh)
KR (1) KR102306727B1 (zh)
CN (1) CN105358652B (zh)
TW (1) TWI636601B (zh)
WO (1) WO2014195482A2 (zh)

Families Citing this family (15)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2860782B1 (en) * 2013-10-09 2019-04-17 Novaled GmbH Semiconducting material comprising a phosphine oxide matrix and metal salt
EP2887412B1 (en) * 2013-12-23 2016-07-27 Novaled GmbH Semiconducting material
EP3002801B1 (en) 2014-09-30 2018-07-18 Novaled GmbH Organic electronic device
EP3059776B1 (en) 2015-02-18 2021-03-31 Novaled GmbH Semiconducting material and naphtofuran matrix compound
KR102456078B1 (ko) * 2015-04-28 2022-10-19 삼성디스플레이 주식회사 화합물 및 이를 포함하는 유기 발광 소자
DE102015110091B4 (de) 2015-06-23 2019-06-06 Novaled Gmbh Phosphepinmatrixverbindung für ein Halbleitermaterial
KR102494453B1 (ko) 2015-10-05 2023-02-02 삼성디스플레이 주식회사 유기 전계 발광 소자 및 이를 포함하는 표시 장치
CN105355798A (zh) * 2015-11-25 2016-02-24 京东方科技集团股份有限公司 有机电致发光器件及其制作方法、显示装置
EP3232490B1 (en) * 2016-04-12 2021-03-17 Novaled GmbH Organic light emitting diode comprising an organic semiconductor layer
EP3258511A1 (en) * 2016-06-14 2017-12-20 Solvay SA Organic semiconductor composition and semiconducting layer obtained therefrom
EP3291319B1 (en) * 2016-08-30 2019-01-23 Novaled GmbH Method for preparing an organic semiconductor layer
US11925114B2 (en) 2016-10-19 2024-03-05 Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd. Indenocarbazole compound and organic electroluminescence device
CN106946934A (zh) * 2017-03-29 2017-07-14 长春海谱润斯科技有限公司 一种含柔性链结构的主体材料及有机发光器件
KR102455727B1 (ko) * 2017-11-13 2022-10-19 삼성디스플레이 주식회사 유기 발광 소자 및 이를 포함하는 유기 발광 표시장치
CN110540553B (zh) * 2019-09-23 2022-11-01 江西师范大学 含磷的喹啉类化合物及其制备方法和应用

Citations (17)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6013384A (en) 1997-01-27 2000-01-11 Junji Kido Organic electroluminescent devices
JP2003031370A (ja) * 2001-07-13 2003-01-31 Sharp Corp 有機el素子
US6589673B1 (en) 1999-09-29 2003-07-08 Junji Kido Organic electroluminescent device, group of organic electroluminescent devices
WO2003088271A1 (en) 2002-04-08 2003-10-23 The University Of Southern California Doped organic carrier transport materials
US7074500B2 (en) 2000-11-20 2006-07-11 Novaled Gmbh Light emitting component comprising organic layers
JP2009023914A (ja) 2007-07-17 2009-02-05 Mitsubishi Chemicals Corp 新規希土類錯体、希土類錯体蛍光体並びに該蛍光体を用いた蛍光体含有組成物、積層体、色変換フィルム、発光装置、照明装置及び画像表示装置
US20090212280A1 (en) 2004-03-03 2009-08-27 Ansgar Werner Use of a Metal Complex as an N-Dopant for an Organic Semiconducting Matrix Material, Organic of Semiconducting Material and Electronic Component, and also a Dopant and Ligand and Process for Producing same
US20090217980A1 (en) 2005-03-04 2009-09-03 Heliatek Gmbh Organic Photoactive Device
US20090235971A1 (en) 2005-03-04 2009-09-24 Martin Pfeiffer Photoactive device with organic layers
JP2010016413A (ja) 1997-01-27 2010-01-21 Junji Kido 有機エレクトロルミネッセント素子
US20100117519A1 (en) * 2008-11-07 2010-05-13 Begley William J Electroluminescent device containing a flouranthene compound
WO2011021385A1 (ja) * 2009-08-18 2011-02-24 大電株式会社 有機電界発光素子及び新規なアルコール可溶性リン光発光材料
US20110101316A1 (en) * 2009-10-29 2011-05-05 E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Organic light-emitting diode luminaires
WO2013079678A1 (en) 2011-11-30 2013-06-06 Novaled Ag Organic electronic device
US20160211455A1 (en) * 2013-10-09 2016-07-21 Novaled Gmbh Semiconducting Material Comprising a Phosphine Oxide Matrix and Metal Salt
US20160322568A1 (en) * 2013-12-23 2016-11-03 Novaled Gmbh N-Doped Semiconducting Material Comprising Phosphine Oxide Matrix and Metal Dopant
US20160336516A1 (en) * 2013-12-23 2016-11-17 Novaled Gmbh Semiconducting Material Comprising a Phosphepine Matrix Compound

Patent Citations (20)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6013384A (en) 1997-01-27 2000-01-11 Junji Kido Organic electroluminescent devices
JP2010016413A (ja) 1997-01-27 2010-01-21 Junji Kido 有機エレクトロルミネッセント素子
US6589673B1 (en) 1999-09-29 2003-07-08 Junji Kido Organic electroluminescent device, group of organic electroluminescent devices
US7074500B2 (en) 2000-11-20 2006-07-11 Novaled Gmbh Light emitting component comprising organic layers
JP2003031370A (ja) * 2001-07-13 2003-01-31 Sharp Corp 有機el素子
WO2003088271A1 (en) 2002-04-08 2003-10-23 The University Of Southern California Doped organic carrier transport materials
US20090212280A1 (en) 2004-03-03 2009-08-27 Ansgar Werner Use of a Metal Complex as an N-Dopant for an Organic Semiconducting Matrix Material, Organic of Semiconducting Material and Electronic Component, and also a Dopant and Ligand and Process for Producing same
US20090217980A1 (en) 2005-03-04 2009-09-03 Heliatek Gmbh Organic Photoactive Device
US20090235971A1 (en) 2005-03-04 2009-09-24 Martin Pfeiffer Photoactive device with organic layers
JP2009023914A (ja) 2007-07-17 2009-02-05 Mitsubishi Chemicals Corp 新規希土類錯体、希土類錯体蛍光体並びに該蛍光体を用いた蛍光体含有組成物、積層体、色変換フィルム、発光装置、照明装置及び画像表示装置
US20100117519A1 (en) * 2008-11-07 2010-05-13 Begley William J Electroluminescent device containing a flouranthene compound
WO2011021385A1 (ja) * 2009-08-18 2011-02-24 大電株式会社 有機電界発光素子及び新規なアルコール可溶性リン光発光材料
US20120261651A1 (en) * 2009-08-18 2012-10-18 Mitsuharu Noto Organic electroluminescent element and novel alcohol-soluble phosphorescent material
US20110101316A1 (en) * 2009-10-29 2011-05-05 E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Organic light-emitting diode luminaires
WO2013079678A1 (en) 2011-11-30 2013-06-06 Novaled Ag Organic electronic device
US20160211455A1 (en) * 2013-10-09 2016-07-21 Novaled Gmbh Semiconducting Material Comprising a Phosphine Oxide Matrix and Metal Salt
US10026902B2 (en) * 2013-10-09 2018-07-17 Novaled Gmbh Semiconducting material comprising a phosphine oxide matrix and metal salt
US20160322568A1 (en) * 2013-12-23 2016-11-03 Novaled Gmbh N-Doped Semiconducting Material Comprising Phosphine Oxide Matrix and Metal Dopant
US20160336516A1 (en) * 2013-12-23 2016-11-17 Novaled Gmbh Semiconducting Material Comprising a Phosphepine Matrix Compound
US9954182B2 (en) * 2013-12-23 2018-04-24 Novaled Gmbh Semiconducting material comprising a phosphepine matrix compound

Non-Patent Citations (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
Akazome et al., "Synthesis, Solid-State Structures, and Aggregation Motifs of Phosphines and Phosphine Oxides Bearing One 2-Pyridone Ring," J. Org. Chem., 2000, 65:6917-6921.
Antoshin et al., "Syntehsis of β-Carbonylphosphine Oxides and Phenyl-Substituted Ethylenediphosphine Oxides. Study of Their Complexing with Alkali Metals Cations," Russian Journal of General Chemistry, 2009, 79(10):2113-2115.
Chinese Office Action for CN Application No. 201480032443.7 dated Nov. 2, 2016 (14 pages) (English translation).
Enomoto et al., Machine Translation of JP-2003031370-A (2003) pp. 1-11. (Year: 2003). *
Jeon et al., "Phosphine oxide derivatives for organic light emitting diodes", Journal of Materials Chemistry, Nov. 21, 2011, vol. 22, pp. 4233-4243. (Year: 2011). *
Lee et al., "Effects of Hydroxyl Groups in Polymeric Dielectrics on Organic Transistor Performance," Applied Physics Letters, 2006, 88:162109-1-3.
Lin et al., "Achilles Heels of Phosphine Oxide Materials for OLEDs: Chemical Stability and Degradation Mecahnism of a Bipolar Phosphine Oxide/Carbazole Hybrid Host Material," J. Phys. Chem., 2012, 116:19451-19457.
PCT International Search Report for PCT Application No. PCT/EP2014/061883 dated Jan. 21, 2015 (6 pages).
Strecker et al., "Chemiluminescence of Lithium Phosphides," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1973, 95(1):210-214.
Taiwanese Office Action for TW Application No. 103119712 dated Dec. 1, 2017 (4 pages) (English translation).
Zhang et al., "Ni(II)/Zn Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Aryl Halides with Diphenylphosphine Oxide in Water," Org. Lett., 13(13):3478-3481.

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
CN105358652A (zh) 2016-02-24
KR20160015304A (ko) 2016-02-12
US20160118603A1 (en) 2016-04-28
KR102306727B1 (ko) 2021-09-28
CN105358652B (zh) 2018-02-16
TWI636601B (zh) 2018-09-21
EP2811000A1 (en) 2014-12-10
WO2014195482A3 (en) 2015-03-12
EP2811000B1 (en) 2017-12-13
TW201515300A (zh) 2015-04-16
WO2014195482A2 (en) 2014-12-11

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US10818845B2 (en) Organic electronic device
US10879473B2 (en) Organic electronic device
US11653557B2 (en) Organic electronic device
EP2463927B1 (en) Material for organic electronic device and organic electronic device
EP2452946B1 (en) Pyridylphosphinoxides for organic electronic device and organic electronic device
US10522765B2 (en) Organic electronic device having lithoxy group and phosphine oxide group material

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
AS Assignment

Owner name: NOVALED GMBH, GERMANY

Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:CARDINALI, FRANCOIS;FADHEL, OMRANE;ZOELLNER, MIKE;AND OTHERS;SIGNING DATES FROM 20151211 TO 20151215;REEL/FRAME:038015/0227

STPP Information on status: patent application and granting procedure in general

Free format text: DOCKETED NEW CASE - READY FOR EXAMINATION

STPP Information on status: patent application and granting procedure in general

Free format text: NON FINAL ACTION MAILED

STPP Information on status: patent application and granting procedure in general

Free format text: RESPONSE TO NON-FINAL OFFICE ACTION ENTERED AND FORWARDED TO EXAMINER

STPP Information on status: patent application and granting procedure in general

Free format text: RESPONSE AFTER FINAL ACTION FORWARDED TO EXAMINER

STCF Information on status: patent grant

Free format text: PATENTED CASE

MAFP Maintenance fee payment

Free format text: PAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEE, 4TH YEAR, LARGE ENTITY (ORIGINAL EVENT CODE: M1551); ENTITY STATUS OF PATENT OWNER: LARGE ENTITY

Year of fee payment: 4